I have already answered the author with the fix:
grant select on employee to group testgroup;
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Bob Jarman wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to grant select privileges to members of a group.
> I created the group (testgroup), added users, and when I
>
> grant select on employee to testgroup;
>
> in psql "ERROR Group testgroup does not exist" is returned.
>
> I've tried this in Xpg, the psql command line, and using DBVisualizer, all
> with identical results.
> The group is listed in pg_group along with the IDs of the users I wanted
> assigned to the group.
> I was able to grant the privileges by iterating through the individual
> users.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> Bob
>
>
>
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